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Nevada Commission for Persons who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing Engagement Conference 2023

Please take a moment to complete the conference survey! This ensures that we can continue to provide these events to the community! Survey Link Empowering Advocacy in Policy Making and Legislative Change This conference is to provide Legislative Advocacy training to stakeholders and Community partners through a Deaf and Hard of Hearing Lens (i.e., presentations […]

Partners in Policymaking

Para la traducción al español, busque el botón Translate abajo en la página. Oprima la flecha para desplazar los lenguages.  The application period for the 2024 Partners in Policymaking Class is August 23 – October 31, 2023. Applications will be accepted until 5:00 PM on October 31, 2023. The application is available in English and […]

COVID-19

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Accessibility and Universal Access

What is it and why should it matter? “Ensuring equal access isn’t just a responsibility by law, or a checklist to be marked off. It is the constant process of seeking to expand meaningful participation for ALL abilities.” NGCDD Accessibility is the degree to which a product, device, program, service, resource, or environment is equally accessible […]

Self-Advocacy

Self Advocacy Coordinator Identified as a need in Nevada, Self-Advocacy is defined as the act of speaking on the behalf of or in support of another person, place or thing. This can mean people speaking or acting on their own behalf to improve their quality of life, or correct something that is wrong. Our Self-Advocacy […]